WINSHAM WEB MUSEUM

Credit goes to a lot of people!

The enthusiasm and work of a large number of people made our village Web Museum possible. The list grows as the years go by, and is in addition to credits often given specifically alongside contributions in the body of the Museum.

Winsham Web Museum cannot accept responsibility for the accuracy of information provided by contributors or opinions expressed by them. We are not responsible for the content of external websites with whom the site may have links .Where photographs have been submitted for inclusion in the Winsham Web Museum the copyright is assumed to belong to the person who submitted it, or that they have authority to do so from the copyright holder.

A History of Winsham

Winsham before the Conquest - Stella Abbey
Norman & Medieval Period-Stella Abbey
Domesday Winsham - Bob Osborn
The "West of England Cloth Factory" - Joan Aslett
Winsham in 1861-John Gapper

Millennium Book-Adapted for the web by John Sullivan, helped by the Millennium Book Committee, Malcolm Howard & Bob Osborn.

The Parish of Winsham

The Cricket St Thomas Estate -Earlier History- Bob Osborn
The Cricket St. Thomas Estate -Recent History-John Taylor
Forde Abbey - Bob Osborn
Leigh House - Bob Osborn , Clifford Lee& David Holmes.
The Civil War-Father against son-Contributed by Col. & Mrs W Knapp.
Charlton Cottage-contributed by Mr & Mrs S.Weller
Jubilee Hall-Stella Abbey, John Sullivan, Sandy Wells

Winsham School

School Log Books -first transcriptions by Jean Thompson and Bob Osborn
Names from the School Log Books - transcribed by Bob Osborn
Review and development of first transcriptions by Jackie George
Elementary education in the19th century- John Sullivan

Winsham Agriculture

Gallery designed and written by Paul Smith, who also did all the Illustrations and maps. The maps were adapted for the Web Museum by Jan Sullivan. 'Threshing with Steam Driven Traction Engine'-watercolour by John Sullivan.

Winsham at Play

Other Organisations
- Winsham Art Club - Joan Aslett, Terry Goodman
- Winsham Coronation Band - Margaret and Roger Tett
- Pictures supplied by Phil Kershaw, Stella Abbey and many others

Winsham at Worship

St Stephen's Church - Bob Osborn
St Stephen's Church bells - Keith Fowler
Rood screen, introduction - John Sullivan
United Reformed church - Michael Hebditch

Winsham at War

War Memorials and 'The Story of Private Newton' - Peter Duffell
Enlargement of Home Guard section-researched by Charlie Hawker
Help with identifying names of members of Home Guard-Jeffrey Wilson
author of 'The Somerset Home Guard-A Pictorial Roll-Call'.
'A walk in the September sun'-Peter Duffell
Picture of refurbished War Memorial-2011-John Gapper

Winsham Parish Council-Nick George, Stella Abbey, Janet Smart

Natural Sciences

Local Geology
- Contour Map - Paul Smith
- Fossils - Paul Smith, photographs by Annie Dent
Nature's Great Sightings - Paul Smith
Flora and Fauna
- History & Habitat - Paul Smith
- Watercourses - Paul Smith
- Road & Lane Verges - Paul Smith
- Woodland - Paul Smith
- Buildings & Undeveloped Farmland - Paul Smith

Winsham at Work
Robert Shearer, Richard and Anne Rose, Denis McCallum, Phil Kershaw and many others. Researched and written by John Sullivan.

Reminiscences - individually credited throughout the website where possible

The Winsham I Remember - W H Paull

The Magic that was Purtington - Paul Smith

Genealogical research-Judy Hodge

Reminiscences-various pictures from Ian Monkton

Starting a Web Museum - John Sullivan & Bob Osborn

Original Web Museum Management Committee
John Sullivan (Chairman), , Peter Duffel, Jackie George, Bob Osborn, Janet & Roy Smart, Stella Abbey, Joan Aslett, Paul Smith, Jean Thompson

Website Design(Original) - Bob Osborn

Web Photo Manipulation & Optimisation(Original) - Bob Osborn

On-going Web Management -John Sullivan (2003-)